Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate

Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate in 40 languages. You can download version 9.0.8080.16412 now for: Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Server 2008 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, and

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Let me guess 20 million hackers downloaded it lol. Why don't they just buy firefox and hire there team.

I'm rather fond of Chrome's tabs being at the very top of the window. IE9 manages to use a similar layout to Chrome but doesn't place the tabs at the very top, making the top of the screen look quite wasteful just with a load of blank aero-ness. Does google have a patent on having tabs at the top of the screen or something?

I don't believe so as Firefox 4 Beta and Opera 11 both let you do it. They just don't do it by default if I'm correct.

No love for Windows XP, excellent.


And for people than will question xp, you can go back to your ultra high advance tech world on 7.

Why would you use a decade-old OS. IE9 requires advanced(WDDM...) features not included in XP

I used to use Firefox and always used to betas as my main broswer (i like the live life on the edge) but when IE9 beta came out i thought i would give it a try and loved it. The tabs on the same row as the address bar annoyed me at first but with the RC when i put them to there own line it didn't feel right so they are back to default. This broswer is a lot better, hopfully MS won't have to long in between updates so that it keeps up with the rest .

I just downloaded the RC so I haven't really messed around with it. Does anyone else notice that the Techspot tab icon doesn't load in IE9? I don't think it did for the beta versions of IE9 either.

EU would have a HUGE fit on how Microsoft monopolizes EVERYTHING without giving people choices, among other things... OH EU... *rolleyes*

Why would use use an outdated OS based on DOS?

No XP support.

Yet another irrelevant browser release from Microsoft. Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Safari, all of which kick IE's proverbial bu_tt, have no problem supporting XP. Amazing that the creator of this OS can't manage to support it.

More typical MS hi-jinx trying to push people to buy into their over-priced under-featured upgrades.

It's this approach to business that is slowly but surely driving the MS juggernaut into the ground. They could get away with it when they were the only game in town but those days are long over.

I totally agree. Anyone have a link to where I can get a copy of firefox for DOS?

I hate people who think that XP is the be-all-end-all of OSs. It is almost 10 YEARS OLD. Will you also complain how there is no Windows 2000, ME, 98, or 95 support? Why don't you look at Apple and complain that the latest versions of iTunes and Safari requires Mac OS X v10.5 with no support for OS X v10.0 (released same year as XP)? Quit crying, grow up, and stop wasting space with your literary diarrhea.

"Why would use use an outdated OS based on DOS?"

FYI: XP is based on the NT kernel, not DOS. Do some research.

Wang writes "I hate people who think that XP is the be-all-end-all of OSs. It is almost 10 YEARS OLD."

I hate people who think that we should be rewarding Microsoft with our hard earned money for producing such minuscule and meaningless improvements to their OS with over 10 years to work on it. In some respects, they have even managed to make it worse.

Apple at least:
a) adds innovation to their upgrades
b) releases one fully professional "Ultimate" version
c) doesn't treat its users like criminals with product activation nonsense and headaches
d) charges a reasonable price ($30) for an upgrade that offers MORE value than the ludicrous x6 price MS asks us to pay to fix Vista (aka Windows 7)

Other than copying the Dock in OSX, which I can get even better functionality from third party apps for XP, and Windows 7's (and Vista's) uselessness as a professional Audio platform due to the broken multimedia service, how is it better than that 10 year old OS?

Either you need to do some more research or you are trolling quite hard.

Has anyone tried the tests on http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/? IE9 surpasses Chrome on almost all the tests!

Just got it downloaded and installed, everything came across from IE8 without a hitch and it's definitely got more snap.

So I assume you feel that you're being treated as a criminal when you register any product you purchase ... or is that reserved exclusively for Microsoft? Virtually every third party product I've installed in recent years has a product or activation key and a registration process of some kind. Guess all these 3rd party development houses are also run by a band of theives.

IE9 seems faster than Chrome and definitely snappier than FF4. Looks like MS has a winner.

mattfrompa writes "Either you need to do some more research or you are trolling quite hard. "


A very troll-like contentless response.

The irony.